"Scenario Planning for Climate Adaptation" workshop along the U.S./Mexico border

A bilateral workshop on "Scenario Planning for Climate Adaptation" in the Rio Grande-Rio Bravo region will take place September 10-11, 2014 at the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission in El Paso,Texas.

This workshop will bring together natural resource managers, water managers, climatologists, ecologists, hydrologists, in order to explore the use of scenario planning methods to plan for situations of high uncertainty, such as those related to decade-to-century climate changes, and seasonal-to-interannual climate variations and their impacts on resources, management and society.

Representatives from both the U.S. and Mexico will attend, and three of NOAA/Climate Program Office’s (CPO) Regional Integrated Sciences & Assessments (RISA) programs participated in the workshop's planning and execution (CLIMAS, SCIPP and C-NAP). NOAA funding for the workshop was provided in part by the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and the National Climatic Data Center at NESDIS.

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